2. LED INDICATOR STATUS Charging indicator • Red When the camera is charging • Flashing Green: When the camera is recording • Flashing Red & Green alternately: When the camera is recording and charging at the same time Recording indicator •...
OLYMPUS M.Zuiko 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 OLYMPUS M.ZUiko 12-40mm f/2.8 LEICA DG SUMMILUX 15mm f/1.7 LEICA DG SUMMILUX 25mm f/1.4 LEICA DG NOCTICRON 42.5mm f/1.2 5. PREPARATION 5.1. Install Battery & Memory Card Open the cover of BATTERY & Micro SD. Insert the battery and Micro SD card with right direction, as indicated by the card slot and the battery.
5.4. Power On the Camera Long press on Power button until OLED display shows camera status, then the camera is powered on. 5.5. Charging Plug the charger (DC end) to the camera and it will be charged if there is battery in the camera.
6.1. Start / Stop Recording Press the Record button to start recording. Time of recording will be indicated on both displays. * Please note that the Recording Indicator flashes RED, and the Charging Indicator flashes GREEN while recording. If it’s charging at the same time, the Charging Indicator will flash between GREEN &...
3) In MF mode, there will be a focus area frame on the screen, you can move the focus area as the same way in AF & Flexible Zone mode, then adjust the focus manually on the lens. The display will zoom in to the focus area. * Please note that you can still adjust the focus manually in AF mode with MF assistant, please refer to Quick Settings (4.3).
* Please note that setting changes while recording will affect the video which is being recorded. 7. PHOTO Press the MODE button to switch to Photo mode 7.1. Photo Capture One step capture: press the Capture button to capture a photo. If it’s in AF mode, the camera will do focusing before capture the photo.
7.2. Focusing Please refer to 4.2 Focusing, it’s the same way to do focusing in Photo Mode as in Video Mode. 7.3. Quick Settings 1) Press the MENU button and there will be a pop-up menu on the screen with following options (up to 7 items).
1) Select the file by pressing Up and Down button, there will be a Play icon if it’s a video file. 2) If it’s a video, press Fn button to play the video. 3) While playing a video, press Fn button to pause, and press MENU button to stop. 8.2.
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9.1. Record Menu (Video mode) Movie: Resolution and frame rate of video for recording. Please note that the frame rates in NTSC video system are 60fps/30fps/24fps, and the ones in PAL video system are 50fps/25fps. Video system can ben set in 8.4 Setup Menu. NTSC Video system Option Resolution &...
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Flexible Zone: Focus area can be selected flexibly by user. Please refer to 4.3 Quick Settings for detail. • Continuous AF: On / Off. To enable or disable the Continuous AF (CAF) function. When it’s enabled, the camera will continuously adjust the focus in a specified range (CAF range) as to make the object clear.
time. • Drive mode: It sets how the camera will drive the shooting with options as below: Single: The camera will capture 1 photo when the Shutter button is pressed once. Burst shooting: The camera will continuously capture photos when the Shutter button is pressed down.
• Tint: -100 ~ 100, It will adjust the tint of color for photo capture. • Max ISO: 100~6400, this will be enabled when the ISO is set to Auto (5.3 Quick Settings or 6.3 Quick Settings). • Metering mode: Center / Average / Spot •...
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which is 50Hz for China & Europe, and 60Hz for U.S. & Japan. • Stabilizer: Normal / Vertical. This setting will be enabled when a lens with stabilizer feature is mounted. Normal is standard stabilization feature, and Vertical will enhance the stabilization in vertical direction which is useful in motional recording. •...
10. REMOTE CONTROL With mobile app Z Camera, you can control Z CAM E1 on a mobile device through WiFi or Bluetooth connection. 10.1. Download & Install App (iOS/Android) Search Z Camera in AppStore (iOS) or Google Play (Android), you can find the app with the icon below and download it for free.
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4) In the main screen, you can see the live view of the camera, control the camera to start/stop recording, check the videos & images in the camera and change settings of the camera. 10.3. Remote Control with Bluetooth Connection 1) Activate Bluetooth on the camera in Setup Menu - Bluetooth (8.4 Setup Menu), and you can see the Bluetooth name in the setting.
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2) Start Z Camera app, and tap the setting icon on the top-right of the screen. 3) In the Bluetooth screen, tap Camera and select the camera (Bluetooth name) from the list, input the passcode (4 numbers) which is the Passcode of Bluetooth in Setup Menu (8.4 Setup Menu) if it’s the 1 time of connection.
In the main screen, you will see the status of the camera (same as the LED screen on the camera) can control the camera to start/stop recording only in Bluetooth connection. 11. FILE DOWNLOAD 11.1. File Download to Computer (with USB Cable) Power on the camera and connect it to the computer (PC/Mac) with a USB cable*...
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There will be a pop-up window with message “Mount SDCARD to PC?”, select OK by pressing Up / Down button, and press Fn button to confirm. The camera will come into USB storage mode with a file transfer image on the screen. And you will find the USB drive on the computer.
4KP25 / 2160P25 can not be downloaded to iOS device due to iOS system limitation. 4) In the Photo gallery, tap on a photo thumbnail to show the full image of this photo, and you can Save it to the device or Delete it. 12.
* Please make sure the camera will not power off during the firmware update. 13. CAMERA MAINTENANCE • As the camera is a precise instrument, please do not flop it or let it suffer physical strike. • As the camera is a non-waterproof of camera, please do not use it in water or a humid environment.
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• Please do not let the battery be affected with damp or put it in water. • Please do not let keys, coins, necklaces and other metal articles touch the battery poles in case of short circuit. • Please do not exert external force on the battery or drop it from a high place. •...
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